Thymocyte

A thymocyte is an immune cell present in the thymus, before it undergoes transformation into a T cell. Thymocytes are produced as stem cells in the bone...

Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is an infusion of horse or rabbit-derived antibodies against human T cells and their precursors (thymocytes), which is used...

T cells, the thymocytes must undergo multiple DN stages as well as positive selection and negative selection. Double negative thymocytes can be identified...

made up of immature T cells called thymocytes, as well as lining cells called epithelial cells which help the thymocytes develop. T cells that successfully...

Dinitrotoluene, a chemical precursor to TNT Double-negative T cell, a thymocyte in an early stage of development Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour...

immunosuppressive drugs—typically either anti-lymphocyte globulin or anti-thymocyte globulin—combined with corticosteroids, chemotherapy, and ciclosporin...

by TEC network filled with thymocytes (blood cell precursors of T cells) in different developing stages. TECs and thymocytes are the most important components...

dendritic cells, and B lymphocytes, and provide signals essential for thymocyte development and the homeostasis of the thymic stroma. The thymus is a...

needed] Anti-thymocyte globulin, an immunosuppressive agent that selectively destroys T lymphocytes is being studied for use in CIDP. Anti-thymocyte globulin...

2014). "Positive and negative selection of the T cell repertoire: what thymocytes see (and don't see)". Nature Reviews. Immunology. 14 (6): 377–91. doi:10...

epithelium which is often considered an epithelial organ. T cells mature from thymocytes, proliferate, and undergo a selection process in the thymic cortex before...

"Effects of altered glucocorticoid sensitivity in the T cell lineage on thymocyte and T cell homeostasis". FASEB Journal. 16 (7): 727–729. doi:10.1096/fj...

cytoplasm of pro-thymocytes, the stem cells from which T-cells arise in the thymus. The pro-thymocytes differentiate into common thymocytes, and then into...

cortico-medullary junction. They have their own nucleus and are known to internalize thymocytes through extensions of plasma membrane. The cell surfaces of TNCs and their...

thyroid gland injuries (including hepatocarcinoma),[citation needed] and thymocyte apoptosis. Other effects of PCBs in animals include changes in the immune...

Thymocyte selection-associated high mobility group box protein TOX is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TOX gene. TOX drives T-cell exhaustion...

cells, and increases the ability of dendritic cells to convert naive thymocytes to a Foxp3+ regulatory T cell lineage. It is unknown if this is the physiological...

thymus. So many thymocytes (T cells) die during the maturation process because there is intensive screening to make sure each thymocyte has the ability...

cells, B-lymphocytes (through surface immunoglobulins), fibroblasts, rat thymocytes, human fetal (but not adult) intestinal epithelial cells, and adipocytes...

also identifies the earliest thymocyte progenitors in the thymus—early T lineage progenitors (ETP/DN1) and DN2 thymocytes express high levels of c-Kit...